Health Planner
About the role
Stantec is seeking a Healthcare Planner to join our Houston studio. This role is ideal for a planner who brings both strategic thinking and a strong understanding of clinical operations to complex healthcare environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead planning efforts for key departments or project components across multiple healthcare projects
- Facilitate clinical user group meetings and stakeholder workshops, building alignment across diverse teams
- Translate clinical workflows, volumes, and operational goals into functional layouts and planning strategies
- Develop space programs, adjacency diagrams, and departmental planning concepts
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and consultants to integrate planning with design and building systems
- Support campus, prototype, and system-level master planning initiatives
- Guide projects through healthcare regulatory and code requirements
- Contribute to design solutions that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and operational performance
- Participate in client presentations, interviews, and project pursuits
- Mentor and support the professional growth of emerging healthcare planners
Requirements
Minimum of 10 years of healthcare planning experience, including hospital and/or ambulatory care projects
Strong understanding of clinical operations, departmental relationships, and patient flow
Experience leading user group meetings and building consensus among diverse stakeholders
Experience working on hospital renovations, phased construction, or projects within active healthcare environments
Interest in contributing to or developing health system standards, prototypes, or system-wide planning strategies
Familiarity with implementing healthcare codes and guidelines
Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
Proficiency in Revit, Bluebeam and other planning/visualization tools preferred
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Architecture or bachelor’s degree in support of licensure criteria required
- Registered Architect preferred
- EDAC & LEED Accreditation preferred